Huang Hua

Huang Hua(Wang Rumei),
(born Jan. 25, 1913, Hebei province, China—died Nov. 24, 2010, Beijing, China), Chinese diplomat who served as China’s public face to Western governments for the latter half of the 20th century. Born Wang Rumei, he adopted the name Huang Hua when he joined the Communist Party in 1936. Having acquired a superb command of English at the American-run Yanjing University in Beijing, Huang acted as an interpreter for journalist Edgar Snow, whose book Red Star over China (1937) provided the first exposure for many in the West to the Chinese Communist Party and its leadership. During the ... (100 of 314 words)